Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-13

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Lopdsn Telegraph
Never. says the oldest inhabitaat, IN
most prosoegous seasons, has Monaco
besn - cr0Sded. Were tkers half q
dozsu more hotels they wo1id be fall -
Feplstion, for many there are - Men
toae and Mise Who you'd dwell here u
tney o0uid. Failing Of aRoomm 9datt0u,
shsy are fam % CONS over by train or
carnage, witk little hand bags. indulge
10 the dominant vice. and 81 night 60
bsck again Celebrated bssutiea, world
renowned s0aesteesses, successful act
rssses, men uho IN iifs's battie have Won
spurs and decorations, have arrived;
aad no sooner are they here than tbeJ
slip into TIE foel-tFsp, where they lose
their money and tbeiF tempsfs. A
sioeer, 9 few days since. Wbo for
nightingale thrill Of q fev moments is
10 the habit Of claiming = KtnR's ran
som, vas muleted out Of q Is note, or
tbefeabont. aud her lovely face vas
straightvay distorted BY quiveT Of "a
miliRatsd woe. II the soeam ulations Of
industrious life had suddenly melted
into spsoe she eosId not have looked
more Vretehed. Some victims. on the
stheg hand, die game. Last week q
gentlsman Of military aspect lost et0.-
900 10 an interval Of time vhieh, iadR-
ing BY bis sisaee, appearsd incredibly
/ brief. He tWiFlsd bis mnslaehe and
smiled. and farming oalmly-vent.
The suicide season has not set IN with
severity. Indeed. 10 must be admitted
that the tales OF self-destFuction which
occasionally thrill With indignation the
/ stay at-home British bosom are, for
the most part, msndaeious romances.
/ Real tragedies are extremely rare. The
timid player suffers such throes Of an
Rnlsh over petty losses that he becomes
too much Bambed for further personal
injury at an early stage OF his career,
while the hardy eAmesteR accepts With
stoicism good or evil fortune. OF course,
occasions do arise when the infatu tted
make an end ont" bat then Il IL In
Reniously argued shat. on the principle
Of the survival of the fittsst, such
creatures are good Tiddanee; they may
have cumbered the earth too long. Here
10 q case in pint: Not very long ago
gentleman engaged q beat. which wa
10 be held In constant readiness, and 9
daily went down TO the shore 20 investi-
gate the condition Of the sea. After
various false starts this seemingly vas
illating parsonage went OF on an
aquatic excursion, and at q fitting dis
tauoe from lSnd plunged into the water.
There vas a terrible tussle betvixt him
and the boatman, In which the latter
4 II a. - 80
| steadily frowned upon she gFstohed
man, bat hoping against hope. be had
waited sill the last louis had joined the
rest before making the fatal dive. The
boatmsp, With past exleFienoe, per
ohanoe, Of losers, was suspicious and
Vigilant, caught him a. be rose, and,
tying his hands together, towed him
| triumphantly ashore. Bat rumOE says
the relatives we're not grateful TO that
boatman. II 9 family skeleton elects
| 10 drown itself Il il bad taste ia spec
/ tators to interfere. As usual, there
have been great strokes Of lnch and the
reverse this season, both at roulette and
rouge OF noir. A gentleman bat a few
days ago won nearly $4,000. took q
whole first floor Of fashionable hotel,
and engaged for his special use the
public billiard room; bot, alas! within
| forty eight hours he vas nndone, The
ebb vas as sudden a. the food, and For
| tunAtus was as other mortals.
There is enc familiar figure who daily
breasts the heaving human wave, and
Who, quite apart from the others, de-
serves q special word. The frivolous,
the RigglisR aud chattering, the busy.
the stern proved 90 hittinR by, and be
marks them as they pass With slow
smile that rarely varies. A bright faced,
courteous gentleman be IL. WnO seems
TO know all ana snndry, whatever their
rank or station, aud las = friendly nod
for many as, With hands behind bis
back, and seeming to see nothing, he
sauuters up aud down. There il be
nignaatlY pateFnal air aboul him. az of
one who, quietly at home. looEs down
on his children at their sport. And
verify II - almost so. for does not he
the lynx-eyed, silent and observant
one-hAil from Great Scotland Yard,
| aud do not many OF these fattering
fowls wear the plumage Of the British
/ jAil-bifd2
Nov and again We are favored with a
diversion that breaks tue monotony. A
foreign lady vas here the other day,
xho required for the development of
her particular system 20 less than a
complete roulette table. Happy, bs
eause notorious, sue stoad, clad in a
sOal-soarifying costume. monarch Of
the board, heapiaR up hTs-franc pisces
till the entire green seemed silver,
while an awe stricken circle stood With
round eyes, and arms dropped Co their
sides, naFveline. Here, sarely. did the
monument Sf Folly calmiuats. As the
pitiisss rake continued % sweep away
4 ~ =
| again q sob % sympathy from the By
standsfs. Pluck should meet wiih sue
oess. aud the lady vas endowed with
courage. Il not With sense. Bus Of ali
goddesses she who presides here is the
msst Dress grained Nor does tbs vixen
rest content With the pllfering OF pu sss,
| for her greedy claws are ever active In
the tearing Of regulations. Here every
Que knows every body's former life, and
| n We may believe what We are told, ell
are equally SHADY. Yondsr brilliant
apparItion IN aapphiFes and blue velvet.
who 10 passing with aegslie simper haa
murdered two hashAmds 49, OF vas ID
threef That one In red went wrang
long siacs, has ruined twelve million
aires, the last OF wh0m cat his throat
upon heF doorstep. Marmurs Of such
fell import load the air There - a
certain s0os knnwe 60 the initiated as
"IAbhies' Corner" Whence Ali Eno Gu
ter ana leave tue feol-trap san be Gem
fortab.y reconnoiteFtd, and to SIT within
heAuag for = while Is 90 eni y nsw
sensation. The staEies that follow one
another IN As appalling string as the
procession OF Btnquo's soas are suf-
ncienl 30 set the blood 4 eurdline. 10
start the hair erect. II tths OF then
u trne, then all the vast army Of the
evil one Is eougregated Ia this earthly
paradise, and 'tSouli be we'll, setting .
Gordon round, 90 exterminAte the pes
tifereGs nest.
Tue cynical mind delights 30 dwell on
the gliIteFineiy rspaisive side Of Monts
Carlo, 10 follow tha vaeAries OF the wfts
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